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Now that we have to spend 80$ is so disturbing for Mattel doing half of the production green and half red?

You have it backwards - if it was 80¢, it would be trivially easy for them to do both versions. $80, they need to pick & choose - they can't afford to be stuck with stock. And the suggestion is that the pro-cartoon vote won a LANDSLIDE at SDCC. Even here, in a small & self-selecting poll with a... vocal... pro-minicomics group, the voting is 2:1 in favour of red. And that's as close to an optimal situation as the green group will get - once you open it wider and involve significant quantities of cash, things will head back to "landslide" in favour of the mass-media version that more people will remember..

The figures should be based on the tv shows, unless it's a minicomic only character. I never saw the minicomic stuff as 'official' anyway. to me it's the cartoons all the way.
to me, a green grannymir is the same as a pink or white sorceress or prince adam in blue..... the person coloring them in the minicomic didn't make them the right color imo, as a child would do.
the cartoon colors were the 'right' colors to me (with exception to filmation clawful, who looked nothing like his toy; in which the toy is much better looking imo).

Grannymir was red in the show (and had more appearances on the show than in the comic, i could be wrong though) so he should be red.

You come back to your own opinion a lot in there. That's hardly 'official'. Minicomics, comics, etc. All were published and approved somehow. So it's all official whether you approve or not.

BUT

I will agree on one thing. Red fits him better in my eyes, but that's just my taste.

I personally would have chosen green but I think red will still look nice and bold in the background of my MOTUC display. He might even somehow make it onto the Alcala shelf since he illustrated him in the mini comic.

"I reject your Prince Adam and replace him with the original barbarian from the jungle."

I am glad red won; I hope they incorporate some detailing from the mini-comic version though. Straight-up Filmation designs are going to be too simplistic alongside the rest of the line (in my opinion).

I am going to be surprised if I find myself spending $80 on him though ... I don't have the cash or the space for the big guy.

You can count me among the happy that Granamyr is red, as he should be. I want the majestic and powerful Granamyr from the Filmation series, not the tired-looking, pot-bellied dragon from the minicomic.

"You see, I've got this real moron thing I do...it's called 'thinking'...and I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin

I don't understand the mindset that it should be only one color or that it is "wrong" if it's not the version you want. I think the majority of those asking for green want it in addition to red, not instead of. I have no problems with filmation fans getting their version, bu it would be a very easy way to make -everyone- happy by just adding a second paint mask to the production run.

Just because some of us are, we will say, less than enthusiastic about filmation, it does not make us "wrong.".

the issue is the price tag of the figure if he were cheap to produce they'd take the risk on 2 paint jobs, but he's so far the most expensive MOTUC to date, he costs almost as much as Eternia did when it was released! they have to go with what they think most of the fans want. its easy to paint green but it's a BIG risk.

Red..."green" (I always thought it was more of a yellow color with a slight greenish tint, but...) ... who cares?! It's freakin' GRANAMYR!!! After 25-30 years, we fans are finally getting a highly detailed, true-to-size, big-@$$ Granamyr figure!!!

True, the Granamyr from the cartoon had more of an impact on me than the one from the mini-comic, but come on! It's a GIANT DRAGON!!! ...and at least red was one of his true colorizations. As long as he's not pink with purple polka dots, I'm happy.

Hopefully he'll be bigger than Tytus/Megator with better articulation. I have a sneaking suspicion the high price tag has to do more with articulation than size.

I was just thinking this too. But then i also slightly recall (someone correct me if i'm wrong) TG mentioning that Granamyr would be slightly bigger than Tytus? $80 at that as well and i need two!

Either way, i'm happy that the outcome was red. I might be in the minority here but i don't want him to look like that washed up mini comic version, i'd rather the Filmation version with characteristic touches by the FH which would be ideal in my opinion.

I might be in the minority here but i don't want him to look like that washed up mini comic version, i'd rather the Filmation version with characteristic touches by the FH which would be ideal in my opinion.

If this is released at the end of 2012, presumably be will be non-sub, because I don't remember reading any indication that an $80 item was included in the 2012 sub.
I hope he's way bigger than Stay Puft. Incidentally I saw Dan's review of said Ghostbusters masrshmallow dude, and he looks so... Cheap! He's hollowed out inside and the limbs can be detached for no real reason. I hope Granamyr is articulated well, and is nice and big. They really upped the game with Tytus, it'll be good if they topped even the T-Man! MOTUC just got even more expensive!

I am glad red won; I hope they incorporate some detailing from the mini-comic version though. Straight-up Filmation designs are going to be too simplistic alongside the rest of the line (in my opinion).

THIS!!!

Red but with the mini-comic design...

and $80?!

NO.

I won't buy him out of protest. It will be the firsy MOTU toy I won't own.

I'll have to wait and actually see the toy until I make a firm decision. The character itself has no interest for me and I always thought he looked goofy and just plain silly. That said if the toy looks like a kick ass dragon i'll be going for it.